Presidential Task Force on Citizen Preparedness in
the War on Terrorism

TIP

Transportation Improvement Plan

TISP

The Infrastructure Security Partnership

TOPOFF

Top Officials Exercise

TPB

Transportation Planning Board

TPFDD

Time-phased Force Deployment Document

TPFDL

Time-phased Force Deployment List

TSA

Transportation Security Administration

TSP

Telecommunications Service Priority

TTIC

Terrorist Threat Integration Center

TTX

Table Top Exercise

U

UAHSS

Urban Area Homeland Security Strategy

UASI

Urban Area Security Initiative

UC

Unified Command

UPWP

Unified Planning Work Program

US

United States

USAMRIID

U.S. Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious

Diseases

USCG

U.S. Coast Guard

USDA

U.S. Department of Agriculture

USDHS

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

USDOT

U.S. Department of Transportation

USFS

U. S. Forestry Service

USNG CST

U. S. National Guard Civil Support Team

USNRC

U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

USPHS/EOP

U.S. Public Health Service Office of Emergency

Preparedness

USPP

U.S. Park Police

US&R

Urban Search and Rescue

V

VA

Commonwealth of Virginia

VA

Veterans Affairs

VAW

Virginia American Water

VDEM

Virginia Department of Emergency Management

VDEQ

Virginia Department of Emergency Quality

VDOT

Virginia Department of Transportation

VDRPT

Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation

VEE

Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis

VMAT

Veterinary Medical Assistance Team

VMI

Vendor Managed Inventory

VML

Virginia Municipal League

VOAD

Volunteer Organizations Active in Disasters

VRE

Virginia Railway Express

VRERP

Virginia Radiological Emergency Response Plan

W

WAD

Washington Aqueduct Division

WAWAS

Washington Area Warning Alert System

WMATA

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

WMD

Weapons of Mass Destruction

WMD-CST

Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team

WSSC

Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission

Glossary

Amateur Radio Emergency Services (ARES)—A public
service organization of licensed amateur radio operators who have voluntarily
registered their qualifications and equipment to provide emergency communications
for public service events as needed.

Consequence Management—Measures taken to protect
public health and safety, restore essential government services, and
provide emergency relief to governments, businesses, and individuals
affected by the consequences of terrorism. State and local governments
exercise primary authority to respond to the consequences of terrorism.
(Source: Federal Response Plan Terrorism Incident Annex, page TI-2,
April 1999.)

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has been designated the
lead federal agency (LFA) for consequence management to ensure that
the Federal Response Plan is adequate to respond to terrorism. Additionally,
FEMA supports the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in crisis management.

Contingency Plan—Targets a specific issue or
event that arises during the course of disaster operations and presents
alternative actions to respond to the situation.

Council of Governments (COG)—The Metropolitan
Washington COG is a regional organization of 19 metropolitan Washington
area local government’s surrounding the nations capital, plus
area members of the Maryland and Virginia legislatures, the U.S. Senate,
and the U.S. House of Representatives

Crisis Management—Predominantly a law enforcement
function that includes measures to identify, acquire, and plan the resources
needed to anticipate, prevent, and/or resolve a threat of terrorism.
The FBI is the LFA for crisis management for such an incident. (Source:
FBI.)

During crisis management, the FBI coordinates closely with local law
enforcement authorities to provide successful law enforcement resolution
to the incident. The FBI also coordinates with other federal authorities,
including FEMA. (Source: FRP Terrorism Incident Annex, April 1999)

CONPLAN—U.S. Government Interagency Domestic
Terrrorism Concept of Operations Plan. The CONPLAN was designed to provide
overall guidance to federal, state, and local agencies concerning how
the federal government would respond to a potential or actual terrorist
threat or incident, particularlly one involving weapons of mass destruction
(WMD).

Six federal agencies are signatories to the plan: Department of Justice,
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Environmental Protection Agency,
Department of Energy, Department of Defense, and the Department of Health
and Human Services. The CONPLAN was created to implement Presidential
Decision Directive 39 (1995), which sets forth U.S. policy on counter-terrorism.

Emergency—As defined in the Stafford Act, an
emergency is any occasion or instance for which, in the determination
of the President, federal assistance is needed to supplement state and
local efforts and capabilities to save lives and to protect property,
public health, and safety, and includes emergencies other than natural
disasters.

Emergency Alert System (EAS)—A system established
by the FCC in November of 1994 to replace the Emergency Broadcast System
(EBS) as a tool the President and others might use to warn the public
about emergency situations.

Emergency Broadcast System (EBS)—A system replaced
by the EAS that was composed of AM, FM, and TV broadcast stations; low-power
TV stations; and non-government industry entities operating on a voluntary,
organized basis during emergencies at national, state, or operational
(local) area levels.

Federal Response Plan (FRP)—The FRP establishes
a process and structure for the systematic, coordinated, and effective
delivery of federal assistance to address the consequences of any major
disaster or emergency declared under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, as amended (42 U.S. Code [USC],
et seq.). The FRP Terrorism Incident Annex defines the organizational
structures used to coordinate crisis management with consequence management.
(Source: FRP Terrorism Incident Annex, April 1999.)

Homeland Security—A concerted national effort
to prevent terrorist attacks within the
United States, to reduce America's vulnerability to terrorism, and minimize
the damage and recovery from attacks that do occur. (National Strategy
for Homeland Security, 2002.)

Major Disaster—As defined under the Stafford
Act, any natural catastrophe (including any hurricane, tornado, storm,
high water, wind-driven water, tidal wave, tsunami, earthquake, volcanic
eruption, landslide, mudslide, snowstorm, or drought), or, regardless
of cause, any fire, flood, or explosion, in any part of the United States,
which in the determination of the President causes damage of sufficient
severity and magnitude to warrant major disaster assistance under this
Act to supplement the efforts and available resources of states, local
governments, and disaster relief organizations in alleviating the damage,
loss, hardship, or suffering caused thereby.

Mitigation—Those actions (including threat and
vulnerability assessments) taken to reduce the exposure to and detrimental
effects of a weapons of mass destruction (WMD) incident.

Preparedness—Establishing the plans, training,
exercises, and resources necessary to achieve readiness for all hazards,
including WMD incidents.

Public Safety Wireless Network (PSWN)—Joint
Department of Justice and Department of Treasury program that promotes
federal and local government communications interoperability and sponsors
innovative pilot projects.

Shelter in Place—To stay where one is in the
event of an emergency. Requires that people stay inside a building away
from windows. All windows and air intake systems should be closed. Wet
towels or tape may be used to seal cracks. If there is a danger of explosion
windows should be covered.

Satellite-Based Technology—Communication systems
that are not prone to the same outages as terrestrially based systems.

Terrorism—The unlawful use of force or violence
against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the
civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political
or social objectives. Domestic terrorism involves groups or individuals
who are based and operate entirely within the United States and U.S.
territories without foreign direction and whose acts are directed at
elements of the U.S. government or population.

Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)—Any explosive,
incendiary, or poison gas; bomb, grenade, rocket having a propellant
charge of more than 4 ounces; missile having an explosive incendiary
charge of more than 0.25 ounce; mine or device similar to the above;
weapon involving a disease organism; or weapon that is designed to release
radiation or radioactivity at a level dangerous to human life. (Source:
18 USC 2332a as referenced in 18 USC 921.)